Social media, these days, has an abundance of viral videos of wild animals walking around the residential areas of the country. In one such recent video, a pack of lions was spotted walking on a road in Amreli, Gujarat.
According to a report in Times Now, the family of five lions including two cubs walked on the Pipavav Road and reached the port.
The video was shared on Twitter by a page called Old Bombay. After witnessing these lions casually walking on the streets, several locals and workers present at the port were stunned to see the mighty animals roaming around in all their glory. Soon after the incident caught wind, security staff reported the incident to forest officials. Reports state that the kings of the jungle strayed towards the city in search of food.
WATCH the viral video here.
For the unversed, the popular Gir forests are the only natural habitat of world-famous Asiatic Lions. Notably, Gir forest is located in the Amreli district of Gujarat. It is being suspected that the lions must have strayed into the human-dominated area from there.
According to a report in India.com, in June 2020, the state government had said that the population of Asiatic lions had risen by 29% in the last five years, according to the latest lion census. In its 2020 lion census, the forest department counted 674 lions in the Gir National Park. The state conducts its lions' census once every five years and one was due on June 5-6 this year but had to be postponed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown.
